Syrian Refugee Terrorist Claims Rather Quickly Debunked By The Facts

As soon as it emerged that a Syrian passport of questionable provenance had been found close to the scene of Friday's terror attacks in Paris, media outlets quickly reported what many commentators had feared: a Syrian jihadi posing as a refugee had come to Europe to commit murder.

But as the chart below demonstrates, the sheer volumes of those fleeing Syria's civil war greatly outweigh those travelling from Europe to fight in Syria - and they pale in comparison to the one alleged Syrian perpetrator reported to have been involved in the Paris attacks.